We are Iran
By: edited and translated from the Farsi by Nasrin Alavi
Publisher: Portobello
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9781846270031
Subjects: Social aspects; Blogs; Internet; Censorship; Resistance to Government
Description: We Are Iran provides a moving and multi-voiced portrait of contemporary Iran using that nation's weblogs - internet diaries - as its primary source. The voices - translated from Farsi and infused with Persian lyricism - are full of wit, anger and optimism, and are refreshingly at odds with the grim vision of the country peddled by Western governments. Iranian bloggers talk of conflicts with the law, the condition of women, of repression and its subversion, and of culture, religion and the world around them.
Notes: Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A virtual community; title: Revolution, war and dissent; title: Celebration of the censored; title: A nation of steadfast revolutionaries; title: Virtually unveiled women; title: Virtual media; title: Spreading the news; title: A quarter of a century later; title: Notes.